Development of marker-free transgenic Jatropha curcas producing curcin-deficient seeds through endosperm-specific RNAi-mediated gene silencing

BMC Plant Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Gu, Keyu ^a   Tian, Dongsheng ^a   Mao, Huizhu ^a   Wu, Lifang ^a,c   Yin, Zhongchao ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c HEFEI INSTITUTES OF PHYSICAL SCIENCE   (China)

Author keywords

Curcin; Detoxification; Gene silencing; Jatropha curcas; Marker free transformation; RNAi

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CURCIN PROTEIN, JATROPHA CURCAS; GENETIC MARKER; MESSENGER RNA; RIBOSOME INACTIVATING PROTEIN 1; T-DNA;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENDOSPERM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; JATROPHA; METABOLISM; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PLANT SEED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENDOSPERM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENETIC MARKERS; JATROPHA; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBOSOME INACTIVATING PROTEINS, TYPE 1; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, MESSENGER; SEEDS;

EID: 84943538908     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12870-015-0625-z     Document Type: Article

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